Continuum structural topological optimizations with stress constraints based on an active constraint technique

Stress‐related problems have not been given the same attention as the minimum compliance topological optimization problem in the literature. Continuum structural topological optimization with stress constraints is of wide engineering application prospect, in which there still are many problems to solve, such as the stress concentration, an equivalent approximate optimization model and etc. A new and effective topological optimization method of continuum structures with the stress constraints and the objective function being the structural volume has been presented in this paper. To solve the stress concentration issue, an approximate stress gradient evaluation for any element is introduced, and a total aggregation normalized stress gradient constraint is constructed for the optimized structure under the r?th load case. To obtain stable convergent series solutions and enhance the control on the stress level, two p‐norm global stress constraint functions with different indexes are adopted, and some weighting p‐norm global stress constraint functions are introduced for any load case. And an equivalent topological optimization model with reduced stress constraints is constructed,being incorporated with the rational approximation for material properties, an active constraint technique, a trust region scheme, and an effective local stress approach like the qp approach to resolve the stress singularity phenomenon. Hence, a set of stress quadratic explicit approximations are constructed, based on stress sensitivities and the method of moving asymptotes. A set of algorithm for the one level optimization problem with artificial variables and many possible non‐active design variables is proposed by adopting an inequality constrained nonlinear programming method with simple trust regions, based on the primal‐dual theory, in which the non‐smooth expressions of the design variable solutions are reformulated as smoothing functions of the Lagrange multipliers by using a novel smoothing function. Finally, a two‐level optimization design scheme with active constraint technique, i.e. varied constraint limits, is proposed to deal with the aggregation constraints that always are of loose constraint (non active constraint) features in the conventional structural optimization method. A novel structural topological optimization method with stress constraints and its algorithm are formed, and examples are provided to demonstrate that the proposed method is feasible and very effective. © 2016 The Authors. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.     

Battery charge equalization circuit with a multi-winding transformer

This study proposes a battery charge equalization circuit with a multi-winding transformer. A full-bridge converter with soft switching is applied at the primary side of a multi-winding transformer for reducing the switching loss and increasing the system efficiency. A voltage doubler type rectifier is used at the secondary side of multi-winding transformer to decrease the number of transformer windings and the conduction loss. The important advantages of the proposed circuit include the following: The charge current is limited by the transformer leakage inductance without any choke inductor, and charge equalization is realized by adjusting the transformer’s turn ratio. A measurement index, charge equalization performance (C.E.P.), is introduced for the performance measurement of the charge equalization method. In experiments, four LiFePO₄ battery modules are connected in series and discharged at different C-rates. The experimental results show that the discharging time of the series-connected battery modules can be greatly increased using the proposed battery charge equalization circuit.     

高强钢20MnTiB多工位冷镦变形行为EI北大核心CSCD

通过对高强螺栓多工位冷镦变形分区的金属流动、显微组织、力学性能及其变化规律进行分析,并采用Deform-3D数值模拟和实际产品成形相结合的方法,来研究高强材料的多工位冷镦变形行为。结果表明:多工位冷镦变形属于低动态变形;大、小变形区的宏观流线和显微组织有明显的"遗留性",而难变形区由于高强材料的"包辛格效应",铁素体由拉长的晶粒变成等轴晶粒,而珠光体的带状消失,组织"遗留性"最差;通过低动态多工位冷镦变形,20MnTiB高强钢微观组织中铁素体和珠光体均发生了形变强化,且硬度值的增幅相近。     

芳纶表面改性及其与丁腈橡胶复合材料的性能研究

为增强对位芳纶纤维(PPTA)与丁腈橡胶(NBR)之间的界面粘结强度,采用多巴胺(DA)-硅烷偶联剂对芳纶纤维联合改性并制备PPTA/NBR复合材料。结果表明,纤维改性后表面粗糙度增加;表面元素含量和种类都发生较大变化;在H试样抽出测试中,改性后的PPTA帘线/NBR试样抽出力相对于未改性试样增大64.02%,且黏附橡胶较多。改性后的PPTA/NBR试样,纤维含量相同时,断裂伸长率和拉伸强度相对未改性的PPTA/NBR试样增大;随着纤维含量的增加,使用同种方法处理的PPTA/NBR复合材料断裂伸长率减小,拉伸强度先增大后减小。